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Friends of Australian Rock Art (FARA) raises awareness about the Burrup Peninsula, Australia's largest cultural monument, an Aboriginal sacred site. FARA asks people around the world to literally stand up at places of cultural significance in their country, wearing T-shirts spelling out the slogan"Stand Up For The Burrup".

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Western Australia´s Burrup Peninsula is the world's largest outdoor rock engraving site, containing rock art of world importance possibly dating back to 30,000 years ago, including possibly the first ever representation of the human face in history. The Western Australian Government is still planning to turn part of this site into a natural gas production and processing facility against the wishes of some of the site`s Aboriginal custodians and the scientific community.

Sommerville, Oak Lawn at the University of Western Australia, Perth Sun Fair

On Sunday, 10th April, the Perth Sun Fair was held on the Oak Lawn at the University of Western Australia.FARA participated with a stall focusing on the rock art of the Burrup Peninsula.A ‘Stand Up for the Burrup’ was held in front of the ‘Eco Car’ (a VW beetle car covered in synthetic grass and powered with electricity from the solar panel on the roof). The 15 people involved in the stand up were FARA volunteers, volunteers from other stalls (anti-GM, anti-nuclear etc.), and interested members of the public.

Archaeologists and members of the public following the General Session on `Site Presentation: Legal, Ethical and Methodological Issues` (chaired by Marni Walter) at the Society of American Archaeology 76th Annual Meeting held in Sacramento, California where Archaeologist Sue Smalldon presented a paper which included the efforts by Friends of Australian Rock Art, including a discussion about the world wide stand ups.

Archaeologists that are part of the Society for American Archaeology rock art interest group during a Business Meeting of the Rock Art Interest Group, the Society of American Archaeology 76th Annual Meeting held in Sacramento, California

Archaeology students and new members of the Society for American Archaeology during a reception held by the commitee of the Society of American Archaeology at the 76th Annual Meeting held in Sacramento, California

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USA(NY)

29/3/2011

New York - American Indian Community House, Inc

Native Americans supporting Indigenous Australians

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Turkey

23/8/2010

Ephesus - Amphitheatre

This Stand Up took place in front of the amphitheatre in the ancient city of Ephesus in Turkey. It was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League during the Classical Greek era and during the Roman period it was for many years the second largest city of the Roman Empire after Rome. The city was famed forthe Temple of Artemis (completed around 550 BC), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It is claimed that the Gospel of John may have been written here and that St Paul livedhere for a while, writing several letters to its inhabitantsEphesus so deserves its status of World Heritage listing for the extent and magnificence of its ancient ruins - so what about the ancient petroglyphs of the Dampier Archipelago in Western Australia, some of which are 30,000 years old?

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Australia(WA)

28/7/2010

Cossack

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Australia(WA)

26/7/2010

Burrup, Patterson's Valley

This Stand Up took place on the actual Burrup Peninsula during FARA's 4th annual trip in July 2010 to discover the wonders of the ancient rock art.The participants were anxious that Colin Barnett (Premier of Western Australia) was reminded of his election promise to save the precious petroglyphs from further desecration by prohibiting further industrial leases on the Burrup Peninsula... Was it just an expedient/empty political promise?